Today on Celtic History on

April 6th

Wed 06 Apr 1994

Celebration of Tartan Day approved by the US Senate

Sun 06 Apr 1947

Death of Henry Ford, automobile production pioneer and son of Irish immigrants

Thu 06 Apr 1944

Pay As You Earn Income Tax introduced for the first time in Scotland

Tue 06 Apr 1926

Birth in Armagh of Ian Paisley, clergyman and Unionist politician

Sat 06 Apr 1889

Actor Barry Macollum is born

Tue 06 Apr 1830

James Augustine Healy, the 1st black Roman Catholic bishop in America

Sat 06 Apr 1320

Declaration of Arbroath

Mon 06 Apr 1282

Welsh Parliament declares war on England.